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LOT 3664
Celtic Britannia. Group of Six [6] AR Units and Half Units. Mid-late 1st century BC.
Comprising: AESU silver unit, pierced, ABC 1702; ANTD silver unit, ABC 1645; ANTD silver unit, ABC 1645; Face Horse silver unit, possibly ABC 1522; Ecen Stick Horse half unit, ABC 1693, variety COI 90f; Half unit, possibly Ecen/ECE. Condition as seen.(5.12gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom a private Merseyside, UK, collection; formed since circa 2000.
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LOT 3664
Celtic Britannia. Group of Six [6] AR Units and Half Units.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Celtic Southwest Gaul. Tolosates Fourrée Drachm. 125-80 BC. 'À la tête négroide'' type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £56
Stylised head to left, 'negroid' type, the hair represented by a row of 's' resting on a row of Y-shaped ears / Boulet cross in the centre, formed of four cantons each adorned with a lunette: annulet in one canton, pellet in the others. LT 2986; BN 2976-3240; SCBC 75. 2.17gr, 15mm.
Good Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Northeast Gaul. Remi Potin Unit. Circa 100-50 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Bucranium; pellet-in-crescents above, S-ornaments flanking / Bear(?) to right, trampling on serpent(?). Depeyrot, NC VII, 34; D&T 221; CCCBM III 511-8. 5.07gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex cgb.fr (company's ticket included). From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Celtic Central Gaul. Sequani AE Unit. Circa 80-50 BC. Big Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Celticised diademed head to left / Bull(?) butting to left, with S-shaped tail. ABC 106; D&T 3091; LT 5368. 3.52gr, 18mm, 4h.
Fine. Extremely rare as UK find.
Ex Chris Rudd, LL49, lot 51, ref. no.13154 (dealer's ticket included). Ex J Fay collection. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
